Thursday, April 17, 2008

Tofu "Chicken" and Waffles

Down South, fried chicken and waffles is special meal reserved for special occasion brunches. It sounds weird, but people seem to like it. When I ate meat, I never tried the two together. But I felt like no Southern vegan cookbook would be complete without a some recipe combining faux chicken and waffles.

So I give you the Southern Fried Tofu "Chicken" and Waffle Sandwich with Maple-Dijon Sauce:

Wow! This was huge (that was all I had for dinner, mind you ... no room for a side dish) and very satisfying. First, I had to develop a recipe for Southern Fried Tofu Chicken. If you saw yesterday's post, you know the batter involves beer. Nothing beats beer-battered, fried food.

In my cookbook, I'm going to suggest that people also use this batter for seitan or even tempeh. I thought seitan would be too toothsome sandwiched between soft waffles, so I chose tofu for this dish. The tofu was marinated overnight in a faux chicken broth.

As for the waffle, I took all the sweet, dessert-like ingredients out of my Cinnamon Pecan Waffle recipe (which I blogged about a few weeks ago) to create a Savory Sandwich Waffle. Also on the sandwich are Roma tomatoes and baby spinach. The sauce is made from Dijon mustard, maple syrup, and Veganaise.

BTW, I'm going to Nashville for the weekend, so this will be my last post until Sunday. Saturday is my boyfriend's birthday. From here on out, I'll refer to him as the Dutchman because he's Dutch, and I like cute boyfriend blog names...hopefully, I'll have some pics of the Dutchman's birthday cake to share when I return.

Having just found out I'm allergic to milk, eggs and hence all dairy products, I may have to start experimenting with some of your fare! Bet you thought you'd never hear me say THAT! Cool blog by the way--looks great.

Oh my god I can't tell you HOW excited I am to have found your blog!! I'm in Memphis too, and I had no idea that there were so many vegan food happenings around town! I feel like I've had my head in the sand or something...And that Food Awareness group sounds fantastic! I've been to Wild Oats only a couple hundred thousand times, but I've never heard about it! What do you do for the Flyer? I'm a huge fan of it.Also, kudos on veganizing chicken and waffles! I know a lot of people whose jaws would drop at the thought of fake fried chicken!